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        "ˈʤɛntəlmən",
        "ˈʤɛnəlmən"
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        "From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome."
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              "mean": "(chiefly historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armiferous man ranking below a knight.\nBeing a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself.\nc. 1587–1588,  ,  Tamburlaine the Great.    The First Part , part 1, 2nd edition, London:     Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as  Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d:And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes,Share equally the gold that bought their liues,And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea,  \n1593,  anonymous,  The Life and Death of Iacke Straw , Act I:But when Adam delued, and Eue ſpan,VVho was then a Gentleman?\n1918,  W B Maxwell,  chapter VII, in  The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:“   This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly."
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              "mean": "Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.\n1897 December (indicated as 1898),  Winston Churchill,  chapter VIII, in  The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.\n1915,  G A. Birmingham ,  chapter I, in  Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, . My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get.  I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.\n2011,  Pappas, Mike,  Growing Up the Greek Way in the Big Apple, page 103:She wanted to go see a movie called Gigi, which I was not too thrilled about. But being a gentleman, I bit my tongue and said, “Okay.”"
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              "mean": "(derogatory) An effeminate or oversophisticated man.\nSynonyms: cockney, puss-gentleman, sissy; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man\nWell, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman?"
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              "mean": "(polite term of address) Any man.\nSynonym: sahib\nCoordinate terms: lady, gentlewoman, (historical) gentlelady\nPlease escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room."
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              "mean": "(usually historical, sometimes derogatory) An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.\nSynonym: dilettante\n2004,  Woods, Mary N.,  “The First Professional: Benjamin Henry Latrobe”, in Keith L. Eggener, editor, American Architectural History: A Contemporary Reader, electronic edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 119:Latrobe had extensive dealings with Jefferson, the most prominent gentleman-architect in the United States."
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              "mean": "(cricket) An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.\nCoordinate terms: professional, (historical) player"
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